CM3 4AD

Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon · Chelmsford · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon
Postcode district
CM3
Postcode sector
CM3 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
CM3 4AB 26 m
CM3 4AG 122 m
CM3 4DB 150 m
CM3 4AE 182 m
CM3 4AA 184 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
CM3 4AD
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 October 2003
Postcode area
CM
Postcode district
CM3
Postcode sector
CM3 4
Latitude
51.716473
Longitude
0.566863
British National Grid easting
577,414
British National Grid northing
205,089

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
East of England · E12000006
Local authority district
Chelmsford · E07000070
Parish or community
E04003954
Westminster constituency
Maldon · E14001351
Output area
E00109577
Lower layer super output area
Chelmsford 016C · E01021569
Middle layer super output area
Chelmsford 016 · E02004500

Postcode source versions

Explore CM3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
9
Secondary
1
  1. Danbury Park Community Primary School

    Community school

    233 m
  2. Heathcote School

    Other independent school

    964 m
  3. St John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Danbury

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
147
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 56
  • Criminal damage and arson 15
  • Public order 12
  • Anti social behaviour 11
  • Burglary 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
CM3 4 residents
9,355

Age bands in CM3 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.8%

1,484 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

942 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.6%

1,654 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.6%

2,777 residents

Age 65 and over
27%

2,536 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • BEACON HEALTH GROUP-DANBURY MEDICAL CTR

    52 MALDON ROAD, DANBURY, CHELMSFORD, CM3 4QL

    ODS code F81100

    1.4 km

  • GREENWOOD AND WYNCROFT SURGERY

    3 PRIORY ROAD, BICKNACRE, CHELMSFORD, CM3 4EY

    ODS code F81674

    2.8 km

  • BADDOW VILLAGE SURGERY

    LONGMEAD AVENUE, GREAT BADDOW, CHELMSFORD, CM2 7EZ

    ODS code F81114

    4.4 km

  • CHELMER VILLAGE SURGERY

    ASHTON PLACE, CHELMER VILLAGE, CHELMSFORD, CM2 6ST

    ODS code F81665

    4.7 km

  • THE LAURELS SURGERY

    JUNIPER ROAD, BOREHAM, CHELMSFORD, CM3 3DX

    ODS code F81149

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • The Bell

    BCT · Danbury

    0.2 miles
  • The Bell

    BCT · Danbury

    0.2 miles
  • The Memorial

    BCT · Danbury

    0.2 miles
  • The Spinney

    BCT · Danbury

    0.2 miles
  • South View

    BCT · Danbury

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Chelmsford 016C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

10 of 10

Overall England rank

30,456 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Danbury Park Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 233 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

147 published events cover 12 months, averaging 12.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 56 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.